Head of Compute Operations
Beam is an AI-native serverless cloud platform for GPU inference, task queues, and secure sandboxes.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
Funding history
About Beam
Smartshare, Inc. operates Beam, a developer platform for running AI and ML workloads—including inference endpoints, agents, task queues, and sandboxes—on CPUs and GPUs without managing underlying infrastructure.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will manage compute capacity across data-center partners, including hardware, locations, networking, operators, and delivery dates. You will vet new providers, perform diligence and KYC, review hardware specifications, run proofs of concept and acceptance testing, configure access, and coordinate cluster handoffs. You will also create support runbooks, escalate supplier issues, manage RMAs and replacements, and monitor uptime against SLAs.
Requirements
- Experience in datacenter operations, capacity planning, or infrastructure delivery at a GPU cloud, neocloud, hyperscaler, or colocation provider
- Ability to SSH into a node and distinguish InfiniBand from RoCE
- Knowledge of how deposits and prepayment schedules affect cash flow
- Vendor-management experience
- Attention to detail
Responsibilities
- Manage compute capacity across data-center partners
- Onboard and vet compute operators
- Conduct diligence and KYC on new partners
- Review hardware specifications and bills of materials
- Run proofs of concept, acceptance testing, burn-in, NCCL, and interconnect bandwidth validation
- Set up bare-metal and BMC access
- Hand clusters to customers on promised delivery dates
- Create support runbooks and escalate supplier issues
- Manage RMAs and replacements
- Track uptime against SLAs
Benefits
- Meaningful equity
- Health, dental, and vision coverage with 90% coverage for employees and 50% for dependents
- Fitness stipend
- Learning budget